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Controversial land deal comes back to haunt Hermanus

Madikizela promises protesters a piece of Schulphoek land

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News | 28 March 2018

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Fire “Minister of Broken Promises” says Equal Education

Call for Motshekga to be fired after second school latrine death

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Brief | 28 March 2018

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Hundreds of immigrants displaced in Hermanus

Unrest follows attempted land occupation

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News | 28 March 2018

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Why are there so many land occupations in Cape Town?

City has condemned the “scourge” of “invasions”

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GroundView | 27 March 2018

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Family of murdered Xolobeni activist appeals to NPA to “unblock” investigation

Police inquiry into Sikhosiphi Radebe’s 2016 death is stalled

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News | 27 March 2018

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Shoddy treatment by Home Affairs wrecks families

Lack of transparency and arbitrary policies fail to protect families of refugees, says civil society organisation

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News | 27 March 2018

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Constitutional Court decision strengthens workers’ rights

Employees who don’t get the legal niceties right at the CCMA should not be prejudiced

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Law | 27 March 2018

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No need for a camera: Nyanga artist uses a ballpoint pen just as well

Themba Mkhangeli achieves photographic realism with only a BIC pen

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News | 27 March 2018

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Thousands celebrate the streets of Mitchells Plain

“This is one of the events that I can say brings people together”

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Photo Essay | 26 March 2018

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One year after Hout Bay fire residents sit without basic services

Protesters in Imizamo Yethu demand electricity, sanitation and water

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News | 26 March 2018

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Court finalises interdict against Prasa

Employees may not intimidate UniteBehind members

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Brief | 26 March 2018

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Shack dwellers rebuild a third time after demolitions in Mfuleni

Residents are not building to cause trouble, but because they have no place to stay, says community leader

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Brief | 26 March 2018

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Squabble over money for Masiphumelele land

Ward councillor accuses community leaders of charging residents to get a plot

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News | 26 March 2018

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Increase in backyard rentals drives Dunoon land occupations

City of Cape Town says it will continue to enforce the law

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News | 26 March 2018

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Two die in Philippi fire

Neighbours tried but failed to put out shack fire with buckets of water

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Brief | 26 March 2018

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Constitutional Court gives social grant payment company six-month extension

High Court rules that CPS must pay back its profits

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Law | 23 March 2018

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